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32 of 32 found the following review helpful:
Great company, good food... but could be better Jan 24, 2007
By Cat Guy
First off, I have very little doubt that Newman's Own wet cat food is an excellent and healthy choice to feed one's cat. Feeding a cat a quality food, even if expensive compared to other catfoods, is worthwhile and if it prevents one health problem might even pay for itself. For those reasons, and because I support Newman's ideals in general, my cat has had the pleasure of enjoying many cans of Newman's food.
However, in comparison to other cat foods in this price range, my cat does have a couple of complaints. I should mention that my cat LOVES to eat, it is his primary motivation in life. Need him to take a pill? Just coat it in wet food and drop it in his dish. But, because he likes to eat so much, he must also have controlled portions - 1/3 can, twice a day. And that leads to his first complaint. Open a can of Newman's, and there is a lot of empty space, around the food and even large open cracks in the food. There certainly isn't the volume of solid food in a 5.5 oz can of Newman's compared to the competition. The second complaint: Newman seems to love his brown rice, which is ok, but he keeps the grains big and whole. My cat loves food, and cleans his dish every time... but he usually eats right around those big grains of rice.
Basically, my cat isn't getting as much food from a can of Newman's as from his favorite brands (Nature's Logic and Innova EVO), so we'll be cutting Newman out of the rotation.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Mazie, like Life's Mikey, is very, very particular Aug 24, 2007
By Fleet Street Editing
"fleetstreetediting.com"
Mazie, my incredibly persnickety feline companion, is mad about Newman's Own canned cat food. Although I'm living on a necessarily frugal income, I know that buying Newman's Own products for both my cat and dog makes good sense in every way. I recently lost two other beloved pets to old age and disease and believe now that a better diet would have saved them a lot of physical pain and me a great deal of emotional turmoil and sadness. As my own diet becomes more organic and I reap the health benefits, I know Paul Newman and his daughter are on the right track for pets as well. I'll gladly skimp on less important things to know that my four-legged kids are eating right and animals around the world are being saved by the Newmans. It's truly a win-win situation.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Marvelous improvements in only 3 weeks! Great cat food! Sep 16, 2010
By MG
I want to share some amazing, and important, changes since switching to Newman's Own canned cat food.
I decided to switch my 2 indoor adult kitties from the convenient (for me) "dry-food-always-available" to (I first thought) a raw meat diet, and chose Newman's Own canned food for the transition. I'm so happy with this, and so are the boyz, that I'm staying with it.
The first 2 days they whined and nagged for their old dry food. I crumbled a few bits of dry into the canned for a couple of meals and that did the trick. If you're transition from dry to canned, don't be discouraged if they don't go for it immediately! Now they're settled into a 3 times daily 1/4 can, which I may try to transition into 2 feedings. I found the chicken and turkey versions at WalMart for $1.36/can, it's the only place in my town to get it, so will look at ordering online.
Here are the immediate benefits:
1) My older kitty, Skidmore, used to have chronic hairball and constipation problems. The younger cat, Dewey, is more dominant, and seems to make Skidmore groom him, so Skidmore spent about half his life not being able to eat or keep it down, then yarks up a hairball, then eats so voraciously that he barfed that, so I had to constantly monitor what he was doing and take food away for part of the day after he had just a little. He was miserable. Since I had to remove ALL the food, they both would be upset and constantly after me. However, since starting the Newman's Own canned food, Skidmore only barfed once the 2nd day, and since then I see no evidence of hairballs! He eats and keeps down the 1/4 can portions with no vomiting! They both leave for half an hour or so and come back to finish each meal, but it isn't sitting in their dishes very long.
2) Dewey (sorry if this is gross) always came running at the sound of wretching so he would get an extra warm meal. So he became somewhat overweight, with a fat pad around the tail. I see he had no interest in scarfing up the canned food, the one time Skidmore barfed it up.
3) I noticed the fat pad around Dewey's tail is gone! But since rapid weight loss puts cats at risk for fatty liver or pancreatitis, I started feeding him a little bigger portion to slow that down. Basically now, both of them now let me know when they need to eat, and I try to accommodate that since I'm home much of the day. It's worked into a 3x/day pattern mostly.
4) LITTERBOX! Poop quantity has decreased dramatically, because they're absorbing the nutrients and not passing all the fillers and animal by-products. Skidmore is no longer constipated, no more straining to go. Dewey used to have the most rank-smelling stools, and now there's basically NO ODOR! Also, Dewey used to have what I called "dead-rat-breath" but that's gone now, too. I had even taken him to the vet a couple years ago to see if there was some stomach problem, but there was none. It was just the crappy food. So there's an example of how I COULD have saved a vet bill with higher quality food. (They did suggest (and sell me) the Science Diet stuff but it made no difference.)
5) My biggest joy is knowing Skidmore is getting the nutrition he needs, and seeing him relaxed and playful all the time, not just in the periods between hairballs.
This stuff is definitely worth the price, and I thank the Newman's for their commitment to quality nutrition for all of us!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Healthier Cats now that I started choosing organic Sep 13, 2008
By loveamazon
I have an 11-year-old kitty that threw up all the time, and ever since I've fed him Newman's own cat food, he doesn't. Newman's Own Organics is the only thing that has worked, so far. I highly recommend this product if you love your cats!!!!!!!!!!
Picky cat with stomach problems, problems solved Jan 18, 2012
By J. L. Leister
"Heart of Zion"
My cat gets an upset stomach on almost everything. When she wasn't keeping down her most recent food at all, not eating because she couldn't keep it down, and we didn't have money for another visit to the vet just to have them put her on prescription diet, I called to see what they gave them to treat the problem, and Hills was recommended. But after researching Hill's on the internet, I found almost no difference between Hills prescription diet and other cheap cat foods, so the search began...
About 7 hours later from searching all sorts of brands and reviews and information on the internet, I still had exactly no idea what to get, so I wandered into the local grocery store. After looking at all of the ingredients on the bags and cans, (and finding out from a woman nearby that man dogs and cats get very sick from red food dye in the different foods- good thing to know), I settled on Newman's Organics even though it ranked among the most expensive per can. Why? Whole foods, no fillers, organic product...
Got the food home, had prayed about this, literally, because I was very worried about my cat. As soon as I opened the can, and put it in the dish, she tested it out by licking it at first, and then, much to my delight, ate for the first time in days. Amen. I was so glad. Now lol we open up a can, and wow, lol she seems to say, hurry up already, put it in my dish! LoL.. we combine the Newman's own with Purina One dry food alternating the wet and dry every other feeding, but she has felt better. She has boundless energy. Her coat in just a week, has gotten very soft and sleek, not greasy, but wonderfully nourished. She is acting like a kitten again. And I know her new foods don't have the fillers (or the red food dye) like the old ones did. She wouldn't even touch friskies, regardless the flavor, it made her sick, (lol exuse the pun) as a dog.
I really feel like I am feeding my cat quality product with newman's and my cat feels so much better. I don't know that she has puked once with this stuff. And she loves it. I got mine at Wegman's grocery. If you have a local store that sells it, you may want to buy just one or two cans to start to try. But I know, my little one is hooked on these now. And I love feeding them to her, lol, it makes her day each time the can comes out of the fridge. So that makes my day :-)
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